Too good a death for such a wretch,
A villain void of fear!190
And thus doth end as sad a tale
As ever man did hear.
BOOK IV.
KING MALCOLM AND SIR COLVIN.
See p. [173].
From Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, ii. 6.
There ance liv'd a king in fair Scotland,
King Malcolm called by name;
Whom ancient history gives record,
For valour, worth, and fame.
And it fell ance upon a day,5
The king sat down to dine;
And then he miss'd a favourite knight,
Whose name was Sir Colvin.
But out it speaks another knight,
Ane o' Sir Colvin's kin;10
"He's lyin' in bed, right sick in love,
All for your daughter Jean."